Rail-chair



0.- K. MORGAN.

RAIL CHAIR APPLICATION FILED Dc.2. 1919 1,369,183; I Patented Feb.22, 1921.

v "UNITED; STATES. PATENT'Of CE Q ORLANDO MORGAN, OF

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To all whom it may concern.-

Beit know-n thatl, ORLANDO K. MORGAN, a citizen of theUnited States, and residing at Erwin, county of Unieoi, State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Chairs, of which the following is a specification. v

Heretofore a number of rail chairs designed and adapted to support both the main'traflic rail and a guard rail on railroad curves'have been suggested or experimented with, but for various reasons have not come into general use. It is realized by railroad men that for the sake of safety and economy, it is absolutely necessary to employ guard rails on curves to engage the backs of the flanges of the inside wheels of cars rounding. the curve. This prevents the outer wheels of the cars from mounting the outside rails and causin a wreck; doubles the life of the outer railof the curve by decreasing the wear thereon permits less elevation of the outer rail, and thereby lengthens the life of the inner rail which would otherwise be quickly worn out under the heavy slow moving trains; makes stifler curves, inasmuch as the track construction is stiffened, and there is less tendency for the curve to straighten out; and equalizing the wear on the inner and outer wheels of the car or train. tages, numerous attempts have been made to discover the cheapest and'most satisfactory means for attaching the guard rail to the roadbed and, as before stated, it has been suggested to mount both the inner traff c rail and its guard rail upon the same rail chair. The result of previous eiforts along this line have not been altogether satisfactory, the rail chairs devised being generally cumbersome, weighty and 1 expensive to manufacture, or having other defects which prevent their general adoption.

It is the object of this invention to provide a rail chair for use on railroad curves which supports firmly both the main inner tralfic rail and its guard rail, maintains them accurately in fixed relationship, which may be used with ordinary standard rails, and does notrequire a uard rail of special shape, is light in weig t, is easily secured to a tie, and is furthermore easily and Realizing these advan- Specification of Letters Patent; pat -td F b 3 Application filed name 2, 1 19. Serial No. 341,983. 1

ERWIN, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOROF 0NEHALF To HERBERT. j HJHABT, or EVANSTON, ILLINOIS. -11

cheaply manufactured. Theinvention 'will V be fully described in the following description when taken in connection: with the ac coinpanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is across section of a portion of a railroad roadbed taken on a curve showing the guard rail. and a car axle and wheelsmounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionthrough the rail chair and rails;

Fig. 3 1s a plan view of the rail chair.

The rail chair may be made in any well known'economical manner, as by casting orforging and comprises a single piece of metal of rectangular shape having a portion 10 adapted to support the main or traffic rail and a portion 11 inclined thereto,

'which is adapted to support the guard rail.

It is notemential that the rail chair be rectangular in shape, or that it have a sin 1e inclined bearing portion, as it is within t e intent of the invention to have a rail chair of a different outline,'and with more than one inclined guard rail bearing portion.

At one, end of the chair is a raised portion or shoulder 12 adapted to bear against v the outer edge of the inside traflicrail and to prevent its movement in one direction, and at the upper end of the inclined portion 11 is a raised portion or shoulder 13 adapted to prevent lateral movement of the guard rail in the opposite direction. Also H provided at the foot of the inclined portion of the chair, is an upwardly projecting flange or shoulder 14;, integral with the main body of the chair and which is adapted to bearagainst the outside edge of the lower flange of the guard rail to prevent lateral movement of the same toward the inside of the curve. Suitable openings for spikes are shown at 15, and ordinary spikes 16 serve to securely anchor the chair to the railroad tie.

shape is required, but ordinary rails maybe used therewith. By tilting the guard rail in the manner shown, its head is brought to the exact distance required from the head of the main or traflic rail, while its base is I at the same time securely fastened, and the a main or trafiic rail, and an inclined portion adjacent thereto for supporting a guard rail, for the purpose set forth.

2. A railroad railchair formed of a single piece of metal, having a'bearing portion for a main rail and a portion inclined thereto for supporting a guard rail, and projecting portions comprising shoulders adapted to contact with the guardrail to prevent lateral movement thereof, one of said shoulpiece of metal, having a bearing portion for 20 a main rail and a bearing portion inclined ders at the'top and bottom of the inclined portions adapted to contact with the guard rail to prevent lateral movement thereof,

one of said shoulders being adapted to contact with the edge of the rail only and a projecting shoulder adapted to abut against the outer edge of the main rail to prevent thereto for aguard. rail," projecting shoulits movement away from the guard rail. 30

In testimony whereofI ailix my si nature;

ORLANDO AN. 

